 It'll be a Sunday to you, the large day. We're on our way to work. I'm working on the large day. I'm gonna be in big trouble. I gotta go down to Minnesota. We have a whole bunch of loads that are waiting to be picked up. They're big, those big cement pieces. So I've gotta take an empty trailer down there near Minneapolis. It's a town called Albany, Minnesota. Gotta grab a trailer, drop the empty trailer there, pick up a loaded one and bring it back. It's already quarter to three. I had to wait for the roads to open because we had another snow storm yesterday on Saturday. The date today is February 20th, 2022. Sorry, I should've opened with that when I'm filming this. But the weather's not too cold. It's just we got a ton of snow again. So I spent all day, all morning shoveling out our driveway. And then Britt shoveled out our neighbor's driveway. So she got her workout in today. But as you can see, I got all my gloves and twoks on my dash. You're drying off on the way to work because they're all just soaked in sweat. Well, it should be dry by the time we go. I gotta grab a Volvo, unit 3056. It's gonna be an overnighter. It might even be a two-nighter because the load is gonna be over dimension. It's gonna be wide load coming back. So I've got to, I'm not gonna be able to drive past sundown tomorrow. I might not make it back. We might get back Tuesday. But that's a worry for tomorrow. Let's let tomorrow worry about tomorrow. Let's worry about today. Let's get the truck running. Let's get our empty trailer pulled out. Hopefully they're not buried in too much snow. Let's get the truck loaded up, warmed up. Let's head down to Minnesota. Merck. It's exactly like we thought it would be here. Tons and tons of snow. They're here trying to dig out some trucks already. There's that truck that's being dug out. The one I'm taking is the one beside it right over there. The snow bank on the other side is right up to the driver's door. He can just walk right up the snow bank right into the truck. He's cleared all those snow out here already. The whole yard is, is a mess. I'll show you which trailer I'm gonna take. He's working with this guy here anyways. I'll give you a look. It's kind of buried as well. A little ride. This isn't so bad here out in the open. This truck might be in my way here, but I'm gonna take that trailer. One of these trailers right here. The only problem with that is that, that trailer's in the way. So I'm gonna have to maneuver my way out of here. I want this black one. It looks like it's in the best shape. This one's a little kind of old and rusty. They're rentals, but that one looks, I want the better one. If I can, I don't know why the tarps are on there though. It's just in case. Just in case. Might as well have them, right? Get all this snow over here. Four wheel drive it through here. You see that Chevy emblem right there? That's the get out of anything in 4WD symbol. They got this guy out, which means my turn. Just a little bit. Just a little bit of snow. We gotta get this thing out of here somehow. Yikes. You can pretty much walk right up into the truck. That should be fun, right? What else would we wanna be doing on a Sunday? Good times. So he's gonna dig out all the snow here first and then he's gonna try to pull me out. Right, I got it out of there. He pulled me out, but my rear wheels on the other side were seized, well not seized, they were frozen. So I had to unfreeze them or convince them that hey, it's time to go. They didn't wanna go. So we got all the wheels turning now. A lot of snow in here. I'm hoping that's not gonna cause problems on the highway with unbalanced tires now that there's so much snow in the wheels, but we'll worry about that in a minute. Right now I'm getting all my stuff inside. I'm gonna park this pickup somewhere safe and go get our trailer so that we can start headed down. We're much further behind than we wanted to be, but that's okay. This will probably go into a two night or now. I'm thinking I'll probably be back Tuesday. We'll see what happens. You can hear the air moving through there now. Hooked onto this trailer. Had to plow my way through the snow. I'm pretty sure I can get out. Shouldn't be a problem. I'm just really hoping that these brakes aren't locked. I'm waiting for the whole trailer to be charged with air before I move it. So we're gonna fill up this air tank on the trailer from the truck. And I should release all the brakes. You can tell that these have released already because these tires have moved a little bit when the brakes released. Just in the snow, you can see the cracks there and there. I think I see it on that one over there too. You can see the brakes on that one from here. They're released. Airbags are filling up. I think we're ready to pull right of here. Let's hope that none of these trailer brakes are frozen. Now's the time. I'm gonna give it a shot. I really hope I don't have to crawl underneath there and bang on any brakes. I hope that everyone's gonna cooperate. There's been enough trouble today already. We need to get going. Well, thank God. The other side was turning too. I could see in my mirror. Thank God. Now we gotta wiggle ourselves out of here. Someone parked this trailer right here for some reason. Terrible spot to park it. Just going to adjust my lights for some reason. My lights are not working. So something's not connecting here properly. I'm just gonna wiggle that around a bit, get that connecting. Everything else is good to go. Minnesota, you ready for me? All right, I think we're pretty well set up in here. We're gonna stop at the truckers in. The truck stop in Sock Center, Minnesota. I have to correct myself. I said Albany is Minneapolis. I misunderstood. It's not Minneapolis. It's closer to Sock Center. It's like between Sock Center and what's that town called? Clear Spring or Clearwood? Where that big T.A. is? Man, I haven't been down there in a little while. Man, I'm forgetting my town names. That's not good. Yeah, we're on our way down now anyways. Got everything we need. We got Karen set up here. She's being quiet. She's a good girl. And I couldn't say that with a straight face. And we should be there in like five hours, five and a half hours. I'm only allowed, or I can only do 100 kilometers an hour in this truck, 60 miles an hour. That's where this truck is limited at. This is another truck that's identical to 3062. That was the truck I was in for two or three years there. So it's exactly identical in here. So it feels like home. The roads are pretty good. You can see this right hand lane is, these drifts are starting to drift into my lane here a little bit. But we're still doing all right. The road's not icy despite what it looks like right now. The camera doesn't really do it justice. If this lane does get too bad, I can always move over to the left lane. However, since I can only do 100 kilometers an hour, I don't really want to hog the left lane for longer than I need to. I'm going to stop at the Flying J in St. Adolph, Manitoba and fill myself up with some good old Canadian diesel fuel. So we're set because it's going to get cold the next couple of days. I want to make sure I got good fuel in this truck. Karen's starting to give me a lip. I've deviated from her path. I'm going to the Flying J. She doesn't think we need fuel. That's why you're not in charge, Karen. Bump his road to the left kilometers. No, I'm going to turn here. I'm the boss. Hold that's a bumpy road. Just got to show her who's the boss every now and then, you know? Remind her. Can you feel free living here me? No. We got some fuel. Here we go. There's so much snow. So much snow everywhere. Most everything's cleared already, but this winter has been really good for snowmobilers and cross-country skiers and snowshoes, whatever you guys do in the winter time. It's been a good winter for the outdoors people. That's for sure. And it's been a fantastic season for all these guys who are contracted to clear snow. They're just raking it in. I'm going to spend their whole summer in Hawaii or something with all the money they're making. Hopefully they got a pump open for me. I don't need any DEF, but I do need fuel. I'm at a half a tank and I don't want to fuel down in the U.S. Not that I think that that fuel is bad. I just think that ours is just better in the winter time. That's just, it's just made for colder temperatures, okay? Is that pump closed? That's pumped. I want the middle one. I don't know, why is there a cone? It's like the cone is sort of in the lane, but it's not totally in the lane. It's like, is it closed? Is it not closed? It can't make up its mind. It's like Karen. I'm going to go on this one. Look at that, it's half closed. Oh, you know what I'm going to do? I'm going to go get a bean to cup. Oh, yes. Great. There's a nice truck right there. Oh, beautiful. Dream time. Oh, he likes palm trees too. I like that guy. Good guy. Shares my affinity for palm trees. Little ways down into North Dakota here between Grand Forks and Fargo. What's going on here? There's a lot of flashy lights. They look like they're right across the road. Police officer. I'll just get onto the shoulder here. Snow plow. Is this all just about plows? The road is fine. What are the plows doing out? There's no snow on the road here. Go onto the shoulder. Wow, what is going on? Another snow plow. Another snow plow. I think this is a cop. Oh, I see a wrecker in the, is that a wrecker in the ditch? Is there a big tow truck in the ditch? Is there a tow truck pulling out a tow truck? And why do you need this many people here for that? Like seriously? Yeah, there's a tow truck in the ditch. What's going on here? Excuse me, sir. You're facing the wrong way. Oh no. Oh, oh no, it's a livestock truck. Yeah, there's a wrecker in the ditch, but he's not stuck. Police smokes. Police smokes, man. And those poor livestock. That was a loaded livestock truck. Well, I hope they're all okay in there. Oh man. The guy who was facing the wrong way was there to recover the livestock, I guess. There's the truckers in. Haven't been here in a while. Used to be a regular stop for me all the time. I'm seeing DOT signs, warning signs all along the side of the highway on the way here that there's a snowstorm moving in. It's gonna hit at 11. Sorry, it's gonna hit at midnight. Man, I'm tired. 11. It's gonna hit at midnight. So I just can't get away from the bad weather. Hopefully it'll all be passed and through here by the time I wake up so that I can go and get my load and go home. So what's the time now? The time is, well, it's 10 to midnight and I don't see any snowstorm yet. Oh boy, let's see, where are we gonna go in park? Probably at the back there. That's where I always used to park. I'd always walk diesel in the back there. I miss those days. It's nice to be back though. There's always lots of room in the back there. Wonderful. And that's it, everybody. Say, Finny, it is finished. Crawling to my little bed here. See how this truck is exactly like the Volvo that I was in for so long? Identical. Seems so small in here now though, right? Because I've gotten used to the bigger trucks. But it's still bigger than my daycap. Oh, this feels good. Why am I still wearing this vest? You know, you guys always ask me, why do you wear that vest all the time? It's just a habit already. Just a habit. Always wear it. That's just my work sweater. And we're going to bed. Gotta stay here for 10 hours before the US law will let me continue on my way to go pick up my load just down the road. Gonna be a good night though. Oh yeah. Nothing beats sleeping in the truck. I sleep so good when I'm in the truck. Feels like home, you know? In a different way. Like, don't take that the wrong way. I love being at home with my family. But there's something about sleeping in a truck that's just the sound of diesel engines around you. Knowing that your fellow truckers are surrounding you, brothers and sisters of the highway. Knowing that there's a whole another day of truckin' ahead of you tomorrow. It's a good day. I hope this snowstorm they're talking about doesn't roll in. It's supposed to roll in midnight, and it's midnight. Let's check the weather, shall we? You want to check the weather with me? Always be prepared. Oh yes, it's time to go to bed. I've already told the e-log that I've gone to bed. Ta-da! What's the weather gonna be like tomorrow? Hey, weather, tell me, what's the weather gonna be like tomorrow? We are in Sock Center, Minnesota right now. It is minus 10 Celsius. Apparently it's supposed to start snow. 92% chance of snow. It's gonna be pretty warm though. Yikes, yeah, the snow's gonna start, oh. Oh, it's gonna start more around, looks like 1 a.m. It's gonna go all the way through the night. I'm looking at my forecast here. So we're at midnight right now. It's midnight, it's supposed to be snowing. 92% chance of snow. Huh! So there's an 8% chance that the weather's exactly like you see out the window, okay? And then from there on, snow, snow, snow, snow. Hey, hey! Snow, snow, snow, snow, snow, snow, all the way up. I want to leave here at about 10 a.m., 81% chance of snow then too, all the way through tomorrow. Monday, Tuesday. Snow, snow, snow, snow, snow. Sock center. Those temperatures aren't Celsius if you're wondering. The six hour snow outlook. Snow is likely to continue. It's not snowing, man. This weather app is confused. So this is what we're looking at. Okay, so. So we're just in an open patch of it, eh? Check that out. Oh, yeah, you see that? See, there's a winter pack up there. Now from, oh yeah, we've got just this line of snow going through here, right where I'm at. I'm right at the bottom of it. That's why we're not seeing any snow right now. Okay, so I shouldn't miss the brunt of it. We're gonna get some through the day tomorrow. Okay, anything I came prepared? I brought three blankets. I brought this purple one. I brought another one over there and another one underneath that. So I've got three blankets just in case we're prepared. So thanks for joining me today, anybody. Anyways, everybody. I'm tired, as you can tell. I haven't been mixing up my words. It's time to go to bed. This truck is tired. We'll see you right here for some more trucking tomorrow, okay? Be prepared. Apparently it's gonna snow. This is what we're looking at right now, though. Pretty nice weather. Minnesota. Sign it out.